diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc index ee10c4e5e..0020caa15 100644 --- a/docs/index.asciidoc +++ b/docs/index.asciidoc @@ -425,11 +425,13 @@ If you have custom firewall rules you may need to change this Sets the host(s) of the remote instance. If given an array it will load balance requests across the hosts specified in the `hosts` parameter. Remember the `http` protocol uses the http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-http.html#modules-http[http] address (eg. 9200, not 9300). - `"127.0.0.1"` - `["127.0.0.1:9200","127.0.0.2:9200"]` - `["http://127.0.0.1"]` - `["https://127.0.0.1:9200"]` - `["https://127.0.0.1:9200/mypath"]` (If using a proxy on a subpath) + + * `"127.0.0.1"` + * `["127.0.0.1:9200","127.0.0.2:9200"]` + * `["http://127.0.0.1"]` + * `["https://127.0.0.1:9200"]` + * `["https://127.0.0.1:9200/mypath"]` (If using a proxy on a subpath) + It is important to exclude http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html[dedicated master nodes] from the `hosts` list to prevent LS from sending bulk requests to the master nodes. So this parameter should only reference either data or client nodes in Elasticsearch.